Following are photographs of six Kendas that I just purchased in a private sale. Two are from his Chessmen themed series; two are cityscapes, although the one with so many splotches of color may also be a cityscape; and one is of faces peering from behind a potted plant.
All are acrylic palette knife works on canvas and the black and white chessmen piece was already nicely framed. The third and fourth measure 9" x 12"; the other four measure 12" x 16".
Except for the framed painting, none of these are on stretchers at the moment. I will remedy this in the near future in order to display them properly.

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Another couple of Karl's paintings from the early to mid-1970s. These two are owned by Leo Soares.
They are done with acrylics, applied with palette knife, on canvas and are from one of Karl's favorite themes, Chessmen.

The first one does not seem to have been given a title. The second painting, which is shown in reverse in the third photo, is entitled "The King's Rook."

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Here is a Kenda purchased from an estate sale by Kerry Victor. It is acrylic palette knife work on a 15" x 19" canvas and mounted within a newer frame of 21" x 25". The addition of leaves to this painting leads me to believe it is a transitional piece from his Psychedelic or Cosmic Period to his Commercial Period, mid 1970s.

About Me

Graduated with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology in 1973. Prior to that, I attended North Miami High School and graduated in 1969.

I am a past Conservation Chairman for Broward County Audubon Society and a present member in good standing of American Mensa.

I have worked for Rockwell Int'l in Richardson, TX, and for the Air Force in GA and presently own a small air cleaner company, Pure Air Systems, Inc., in South Florida. As a sideline, I repair old/antique furniture, primarily reweaving rush, cane, wicker and Danish cord seats.

In recent years, I have taken up working with leather, making various items for fun. It was suggested to me that I should offer these things for sale, so I set up an Etsy.com account in order to do just that. Should the viewer be interested, my "shop" is entitled ArnoldsLeatherGoods; one word.

I have spent a great deal of time in tracking down old classmates/schoolmates from kindergarten days to college and have reunited a fair number of old friends with each other. I have instigated our FIT reunions for those of us who graduated with BSEEs in '73. Our first reunion was a rousing success. I decided to invite EEs of all degrees from the two years prior to '73 and two years after '73 to join us in 2013. I was unable to locate many of the schoolmates from those other four years and the 2013 reunion was rather sparsely attended. The next one will be in 2018 in Melbourne during the school's Homecoming week . I have four more years to track these fellows down and I hope our next attempt will be more successful.

I am also on my high school reunion committee, trying to track down missing alumni and determine which ones may have died; when, where and how, if possible.

I have had some chronic pain problems in the last several years, but still keep my hand in on conservation and especially animal (wildlife and domestic) welfare issues.